For some reason this @dinotoyblog post doesn't seem to be federating (any idea why not @pfefferle?) so I'm sharing it manually: https://dinotoyblog.com/hallucigenia-plush-by-zhongxin-made/
Plush Hallucigenia, with many arms for many cuddles! The long 'neck', if you can call it a neck, and small head, is reminiscent of a sauropod dinosaur.
We'll review the Plushtodon Mastodon mascot one of these days... it technically counts as a prehistoric animal toy!
Hallucigenia (Plush by ZHONGXIN MADE)
The Cambrian was the very first period of the Paleozoic Era, beginning a little over 538 million years ago and lasting until the start of the Ordovician period 486 million years ago. And during those nearly 52 million years, all manner of weird and wonderful life evolved in the seas. Scores of trilobites, Microdictyon, and Wiwaxia crept along the sandy beds. Swimming above them were [โฆ]
Read more... https://dinotoyblog.com/hallucigenia-plush-by-zhongxin-made/
You know what? Sod this #JurassicPark rubbish.
I want a #Cambrian Park, please. Bring back the #BurgessShale #hallucigenia !
@vbuendiar I am not academically trained, but I love hashtags and the more specific, the better. By field, and focus are great.
I like being hooked in by general hashtags like #science but then it's great when I can find people who are into #Cambrian #Fossils from the #BurgessShale and have theories on what #Hallucigenia would get up to. This is both fascinating and makes a great jumping off/in place and reveals other like minded folk to follow.
You get used to writing with #hashtags
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2013 I built 23 scale and life-size models for MUSE Science Museum, in Trento, Italy. Here's Hallucigenia, from the Middle Cambrian.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Cambrian #Hallucigenia #JurassicWorld
My art in 2023 (6/12)
June: Anomalocaris, Dragon of the Cambrian. The realisation that most Cambrian creatures were tiny gave me the idea of a whole bunch of them hiding from a 40 cm long Anomalocaris while in positions reminiscent of a D&D party facing off against a dragon.
#Anomalocaris #Cambrian #Opabinia #Hallucigenia #paleoart #MyArt #MyArtIn2023
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